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There are approximately 1,696 people named Crabbe in the UK. That makes it the 5,101th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 27 are named Crabbe.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Crabbe surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CRABBE. Probably a sobriquet allusive to the awkward gait of the bearer. It occurs in H.R. in the same orthography and without prefix.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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